Ampelita stilpna
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| Ampelita stilpna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Ampelita |
| Species: | A. stilpna |
| Binomial name | |
| Ampelita stilpna (Mabille, 1884) | |
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Ampelita stilpna is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.[1]
The height of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 39 mm.
(Original description in French) This subglobular-depressed shell is umbilicate, solid, and rather thick, featuring coarse ribbed-striations and three reddish-brown bands. Two bands are on the upper surface, while the third encircles the umbilical region. The spire is very obtuse, mammillated, and only slightly raised, with a large apex. The whorls are convex, rapidly growing, and the body whorl is large and well-rounded at the periphery, lacking any angularity. The umbilicus is moderately sized, slightly flared, revealing the spiral coiling, and is weakly indented by the reflected columellar edge.[2][3]
